CAPR 160-1 3 JUNE 2013 3 CHAPTER 1 – ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION 1- 1. General Considerations. People are the most valuable asset of any organization. This is especially true of any organization such as CAP. In order for those people to perform their tasks well, they should be optimally healthy, physically fit and well-trained. Physical fitness, health promotion, environmental protection and skill and knowledge in providing emergency care are readiness issues. Training at every level must reflect these issues. Since CAP is an integral part of the Air Force family, a program reflecting the foregoing is necessary. CAP Health Service’s overarching program goal is to assist our entire membership to become and/or remain optimally healthy and fit. values

news that is of general interest and importance to the health and safety of CAP members.

This is not. If you gave a briefing on epi-pen costs at a unit meeting, that would be the last time you gave one for quite a while, for the same reasons I don't allow SEs to start talking about AOPA political issues.It's not relevent to the majority of the members, and those so inclined can seek out find that information on their own.

And people wonder why we have a retention problem in CAP. Here we have a CAP health service officer sharing news about a health related issue, however saturated the news cycle may be, and s/he is berated into submission by the masses because they personally disagree with the message.

Guys, if you have a personal objection to what someone shares, just ignore it and move on with your life. Ridiculing someone is not the way to win the hearts and minds, eh?

news that is of general interest and importance to the health and safety of CAP members.

This is not. If you gave a briefing on epi-pen costs at a unit meeting, that would be the last time you gave one for quite a while, for the same reasons I don't allow SEs to start talking about AOPA political issues.It's not relevent to the majority of the members, and those so inclined can seek out find that information on their own.

news that is of general interest and importance to the health and safety of CAP members.

This is not. If you gave a briefing on epi-pen costs at a unit meeting, that would be the last time you gave one for quite a while, for the same reasons I don't allow SEs to start talking about AOPA political issues.It's not relevent to the majority of the members, and those so inclined can seek out find that information on their own.

So RNOfficer, do you post anywhere else or just to the very limited number of people who are here on CAPTalk?Because if this is the only place you post, you're not getting much bang for your buck.

I would make that argument the other way around- since the average unit is rather small, why CAP? Couldn't you affect more people through a bigger or more well known program?

That particular motive is irrelevant- we all chose CAP.

Also, one post every day or two on the Safety board isn't that bad. And, in general, RN Officer tends to avoid the political side of these (though I have seen the mods remove improper/non-neutral links).

I think this opens a good discussion, specifically on the fact that something like 88% of people actually don't notice this increase because of insurance or assistance. But maybe the next cadet who says they have a bad allergy, make sure the EpiPen or equivalent is actually on their person- and yes, I feel we should check this for our 12 year old members.

While recent posts show that maybe someone should have a talk specifically with the OP about giving a short summary of how this is relevant, and maybe leave Zika out, let's reconsider attacking every post. There is a level of goodwill and dedication, and this isn't a meeting, it is a message board. I wouldn't argue about the effectiveness of ABU in a field environment at the Tues meeting. Nor would I be able to draw on the experience here.

We have our MCoC, but I wouldn't say this works exactly as weekly meetings do.

I worked the schools for the last 5 years. Every time there was a medical emergency we were called (our radios are faster than calling 911). None of the schools I worked had an epipen in it's inventory. One had one that a student that had one prescribed brought and left at the school.

If we see an uptick in cadets at activities with severe allergies that SHOULD have an Epi-Pen according to their doctor, but don't because of the cost, this suddenly becomes related to CAP; a cadet who is likely to have their airway close up following a sting, who is not carrying an Epi-Pen, is at significantly higher risk of injury than their peers.

The counter-point to that argument is that if you can't afford a $300 life-saving medication (a cost which, as has been pointed out, will likely be blunted in some way by insurance for most people), you are not likely to be sending your cadet to CAP or CAP activities anyways, due to the cost of the program itself. I wouldn't say that is 100% true, but it's probably true more often than not.

My .02 anyways, don't spend it all in one place.

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The moment any commander or staff member considers themselves a gatekeeper, instead of a facilitator, they have failed at their job.I can't fix all of CAP's problems, but I can lead from the bottom by building my squadron as a center of excellence to serve as an example of what every unit can be.